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[billt]

How I miss Arron Spelling. If you listen real carefully you can hear the glass break just BEFORE he jumps through the window. No matter, it was good anyway! RIP Robert Urich, one of the good ones we'll all miss. By the way, who the hell made "Metro" vans??  Bill T.

http://www.youtube.com/user/billt460#p/f/92/1Iwp1d7eKbA

[Pathfinder]

If you miss Aaron all that much, you can always go watch his daughter at work - if you call that work. Finest actress money (and name) can buy.

Metro vans were made by Metro. My turn? Who's buried in Grant's tomb?

[Timothy]

If you miss Aaron all that much, you can always go watch his daughter at work - if you call that work. Finest actress money (and name) can buy.

Metro vans were made by Metro. My turn? Who's buried in Grant's tomb?

His wife!

[alfsauve]

If you listen real carefully you can hear the glass break just BEFORE he jumps through the window.

Is/was it that way in the original sound track or is that just a result of too much compression and format changes by whomever posted it on YouTube?   

It's very easy to screw up the timing.  One dropped video frame results in the audio being off 1/30 of a second.  Doesn't take many to make a notable difference.    And that assumes a 30fps rate.  If it's been dumb'd down to 20fps then even worse.

[billt]

Is/was it that way in the original sound track or is that just a result of too much compression and format changes by whomever posted it on YouTube?   

It's very easy to screw up the timing.  One dropped video frame results in the audio being off 1/30 of a second.  Doesn't take many to make a notable difference.    And that assumes a 30fps rate.  If it's been dumb'd down to 20fps then even worse.

I remember noticing that back in 1974, (or 73), when it came out. The worst editing ever was in "Hombre" with Paul Newman, when he shot David Canary from the top of the stagecoach. It looks like they painted the blood on the cellouse, then ran it through the projector to dry it! Watch it sometime, you'll notice it as soon as you see it.  Bill T.

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[Big Frank]

If you miss Aaron all that much, you can always go watch his daughter at work - if you call that work. Finest actress money (and name) can buy.

Metro vans were made by Metro. My turn? Who's buried in Grant's tomb?

Nobody. People in tombs aren't buried, they're entombed.  

[billt]

Metro vans were made by Metro.

Wrong. I found it.  Bill T.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester_Metro_Van

[seeker_two]

Nobody. People in tombs aren't buried, they're entombed.  

That's right....it doesn't make sense to spend so much money on an elaborate tomb just to go covering it up with dirt..... 

[Pathfinder]

Wrong. I found it.  Bill T.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester_Metro_Van

FTA: "History

The International Harvester Metro Van was produced from 1938 until 1975. It was originally based on the 1937-40 D-Series trucks. The Body was built by the Metropolitan Body Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a company which International Harvester would later purchase. One of the first models built was sold to the Czechoslovakian Army and destroyed by the Nazis during World War II. The original design was by Raymond Loewy, of Studebaker and Coke bottle fame. It was redesigned in 1964 by the in house design team in the Chicago metro plant, to keep up with Boyertown and Hackney vans. The corners were squared and an opening hood was added for easier access to coolant and oil dipstick. An eight cylinder engine was also made available. In the 1950s, they began producing variations such as the "Metro-Lite," and "Metro-Multi-Stop" vans. In 1959, The "Metro mite"[1][2] was introduced. It was based on the Scout drive train. In 1960 the "Bookmobile" was built by the Metropolitan Body Company on an IHC chassis[3]. By 1972, all IHC Metro Vans were stripped-chassis that other manufacturers could build on. After 1975 they were discontinued along with all other light-duty trucks except for the Scout, which was last made in 1980. The Metro Van was re-issued by Navistar in 2000, as a medium sized delivery truck."

[alfsauve]

Metero Vans.      I operated out of one for several years in the military.   They were big, roomy and were sort of a "home-away-from-home".  Our own EM50 RV.....long before Stripes.     We even took one with us on a couple of missions.   Imagine the local's surprise when instead of "de-plane'ing", we just drove out the rear ramp and down the tarmac without stopping so much as to say hello.    I think there was a very po'd Colonel standing by the forward door steps.  One of many "Mash" moments I had.